Crystal Eastman wanted to change the world for women and to change the way women lived in the world. For that, she...
In 1969 the Shaggs, a rock band made up of sisters, released an album to wildly mixed reviews. Critics called it one of...
Every so often when you’re looking through a book of old New England recipes, you’ll find one that calls for the common...
The 1974 bestseller Jaws and the blockbuster that followed created such animosity toward sharks that the book’s author became an ardent shark advocate. Twenty-five...
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The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...